10th Oct 1908 Aberdeen 3 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 8)

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Match Information

			Jimmy Philip		George Easton			33y
					Archie Low; John Callander
					Eddie Riddell; Herbert MacPherson
James Muir (1-1, 1st half); William Lennie (1-2, 1st half); Robert Blackburn (1-3, 2nd half)					Fred Robertson (1-0, 3 mins); Thomas Robertson (2-3, 89 mins)
			Cody Mutch		Lee Massey			20y, 8m, 9d
			Donald Colman		Archie McKenzie			30y, 2m, 25d
			George Macfarlane		Bill Gray			26y, 7m, 5d
			George Wilson		Neilly Gibson			35y, 7m, 17d
			James McIntosh		Robert Lyle			20y, 1m, 14d
			Wilfrid Low		Archie Low			23y, 0m, 16d
			Robert Blackburn		Tom Ballantyne			21y, 7m, 29d
			James Muir		John Callander
			William McNair		Alex McGregor
			Charles O'Hagan		Fred Robertson			19y, 11m, 20d
			William Lennie		Thomas Robertson
								24y, 8m, 27d

notes

Drawings £140 (GH) SC credits Robert Lyle (first) & Tom Ballantyne (second) with the Thistle goals, but we stick with Fred Robertson (first) & Thomas Robertson (second) as per GH/APJ/DR/OH/JL.

Match Report

TTA report

Robertson (F) scored when his 1st shot rebounded off the keeper (3) but a header from close in made it 1-1 then Aberdeen got on top and led 2-1 at half-time. An excellent solo effort made it 3 but Thistle rallied and Robertson (T) scored with “a soft shot” (APJ). Aberdeen went top for the first time in their history.

Stats Watch

● Thomas Robertson scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive away League defeats; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 4 defeats; 3rd Nov 1906 to 29th Dec 1906. Club-record: 9 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 4 consecutive League defeats; 26th Sep 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 5 defeats; 1st Dec 1906 to 29th Dec 1906. Club-record: 11 defeats; 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 5 consecutive competitive defeats, 19th Sep 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 5 defeats, 1st Dec 1906 to 29th Dec 1906. Club-record: 14 defeats, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 6 competitive away games without a win; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 7 games; 10th Apr 1907 to 28th Sep 1907. Club-record: 19 games; 26th Sep 1903 to 24th Sep 1904.)

● 6 consecutive competitive away defeats; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 6 defeats; 31st Oct 1903 to 23rd Jan 1904. Club-record: 11 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 11 League games without a win; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since / now a joint club-record with: 11 games; 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 14 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 23 games; 21st Jan 1899 to 28th Oct 1899. Club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 14 competitive games without a win, 20th Apr 1908 to date. (Longest run since: 14 games, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898. A new joint club-record.)

● 26 consecutive competitive appearances for Bill Gray, 25th Jan 1908 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Archie McKenzie - 35 games, 24th Apr 1907 to 28th Mar 1908. Club-record: Willie Howden - 48 games, 25th Mar 1905 to 16th Apr 1906.)

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